Obama to meet with tech CEOs amid NSA concerns

Published December 17, 2013
This Jan. 20, 2009, file photo taken by and provided courtesy of Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., shows President Barack Obama speaking on the day of his inauguration at a luncheon given in his honor on Capitol Hill in Washington. — AP (File Photo)
This Jan. 20, 2009, file photo taken by and provided courtesy of Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., shows President Barack Obama speaking on the day of his inauguration at a luncheon given in his honor on Capitol Hill in Washington. — AP (File Photo)

WASHINGTON DC: President Barack Obama is meeting Tuesday with executives from leading technology companies, including Google, Twitter and Apple.

The White House says the meeting will focus on efforts to repair the Obama administration's HealthCare.gov website and reform government information technology.

The National Security Agency's surveillance programs are also on the agenda.

A number of the companies attending, including Yahoo, Microsoft and Facebook, are urging Obama to curb surveillance programs after the extent of the information the US collects through their systems was revealed. Several companies are introducing more encryption technology to shield users' data from government spies and other prying eyes.

CEOs from Netflix, Comcast, LinkedIn, Etsy and AT&T will also join Tuesday's session.

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